Background : Medical professional ethics is a structured discipline to address ethical issues and provide appropriate medical solutions. The purpose of this study was to design a professional ethics model for physicians. Finding effective components in professional ethics was carried out with a qualitative approach, in which there was no predetermined framework, such as a theory or model, and t...

Background: Infants are the most vulnerable people with special needs in natural disasters. Since midwives are responsible for providing reproductive health services to infants in disastrous situations, assessing their professional competence is of great importance. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Tehran, Iran. A total of 361 midwives were sele...

This research aims to compile a profile model for the professional qualifications of PE teachers in the city of Tehran. Using a mixed research method, the researcher conducted insightful interviews with 19 elite, distinguished experts on the subject and, while identifying the relevant factors, engaged in purposive sampling. As the interviews were being conducted, they were also analyzed and cod...

Background and purpose: aside from professional and subjective knowledge effective education requires pedagogical knowledge, which educators need to acquire. The present study aims to explain the ways to achieve pedagogical knowledge by clinical educators in the field of medicine. Method: in the present qualitative study–grounded theory– 27 clinical instructors of Birjand University of Medica...

This study aimed to investigate conceptual change as a fruitful framework in teachers’ professional development through knowledge building environment. In cognitive approaches towards education, the quality of education is seen as a result of teachers’ actions and teachers’ action is seen as a result of their cognition. Thereby the goal of many teachers’ professional development programs is to ...